Home Subscriber Server – Korea Telecom

Altibase helped Korea Telecom by eliminating problems with user authentication and authorization that had undermined its IP multimedia subsystem. Altibase was chosen over Oracle TimesTen.

Use Case: Home Subscriber Server (HSS)

Current Customers: KT

Industry: Telecommunications

Who

Korea Telecom (KT) is South Korea’s largest telecommunications service provider with over 40 million users. With deep wired and wireless expertise, KT has tremendous strength in fiber optics, digital multimedia services and both wired and wireless broadband services.

Problem

KT sought a reliable, real time solution for its core Home Subscriber Server (HSS) functionalities that included mobile management, user authentication, security and service processes.

KT needed a comprehensive solution that could easily handle over 1 million subscribers with numerous concurrent authentication and authorization attempts.

KT also required a database solution that would be able to handle user growth and absolute growth in multi-device demand.

Solution

Altibase was deployed as the core database for KT’s HSS services after beating Oracle TimesTen in a benchmark test. Altibase’s in-memory feature has helped KT with seamless management of all related HSS requirements while creating a robust foundation for KT’s future growth.

Results

Altibase armed KT with the ability to authenticate up to 100 million times per day, future-proofing the company’s ability to handle growth.